British PM David Cameron has promoted london mayor Boris Johnson’s younger brother, Jo, an India expert, as his key adviser in Downing Street in an attempt to reinvigorate the Conservative party.
Jo Johnson, the former Delhi-based South Asia Bureau Chief for ‘The Financial Times’, who is seen as a champion of emerging markets and India, will now head up Downing Street policy unit as a Cabinet Office Minister.
“Great there is finally a Johnson in No 10. Jo will be superb,” said his older brother Boris, who is touted as Cameron’s successor to 10, Downing Street. The former FT bureau chief for India was asked by Cameron to accompany him on his first overseas trade mission to India in July 2010, soon after he took over as PM. Johnson will be assisted in his new role by a newly-created Conservative Parliamentary Advisory Board.